Scans and imaging CPT 73723 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

In Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye: from $5,047.25 to $5,047.25, with a median of $5,047.25. The lowest listed price is at Samaritan Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$5,047.25Samaritan Hospital
Median$5,047.25half pay less
Highest$5,047.25in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.

median
Lowest $3,364.40Highest $5,047.25
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Samaritan Hospital one side lowest Troy, NY HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Lt $3,364.40 $5,176.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Samaritan Hospital one side Troy, NY HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Rt $3,364.40 $5,176.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital one side Albany, NY HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Lt $3,364.40 $5,176.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital one side Albany, NY HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Rt $3,364.40 $5,176.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Bl $5,047.25 $7,765.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital Albany, NY HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Bl $5,047.25 $7,765.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $5,047.25, median $5,047.25, highest $5,047.25.

One side of the body : lowest $3,364.40, median $3,364.40, highest $3,364.40.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $5,047.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,364.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This MRI of a lower-limb joint, often the knee, hip or ankle, is done first without contrast dye and then again after contrast dye is injected into a vein. The extra images can help show infection, tumors or inflammation more clearly.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers both sets of images. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and the contrast agent may be a separate pharmacy charge.